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rev·ery
/ˈrɛvəri, ˈrɛvri/
空想;夢想;幻想;幻想曲
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rev·er·ie
Rev·er·y
n.
;
pl
.
Reveries
1.
A
loose
or
irregular
train
of
thought
occurring
in
musing
or
mediation
;
deep
musing
;
daydream
.
“Rapt
in
nameless
reveries
.”
When
ideas
float
in
our
mind
without
any
reflection
or
regard
of
the
understanding
,
it
is
that
which
the
French
call
revery
,
our
language
has
scarce
a
name
for
it
.
--
Locke
.
2.
An
extravagant
conceit
of
the
fancy
;
a
vision
. [
R
.]
There
are
infinite
reveries
and
numberless
extravagancies
pass
through
both
[
wise
and
foolish
minds].
--
Addison
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rev·er·y
n.
Same
as
Reverie
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
revery
n
1:
an
abstracted
state
of
absorption
[
syn
:
reverie
]
2:
absent-minded
dreaming
while
awake
[
syn
:
reverie
,
daydream
,
daydreaming
,
oneirism
,
air castle
, {
castle
in
the
air
,
castle in Spain
]
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